Sunflowers and Primary Colours

Those crazy braids!

Another creation from my twisted tool box.  By now you should be completely aware of my long term love affair with scrappy quilts.  The uglier the better in my book.  Orgies of incongruent patterns and colour schemes are a delight to my off kilter view of the world.

This quilt is no exception.  Red, Yellow, Blue in a braid of scrappy colour, sashing of a subtle green plaid, bordered by a field of black with Sunflowers, backed with a classic calico of black and white with more sunflowers and bound in basic black to pull the whole riot together in one coherent collection of fabric and thread.



Front View



Back view



Great news!  This fun quilt recently sold and will belong to a new baby coming into the world sometime this fall. 





Vital Stats:

Approximately 45 x 60 inches finished.

Stitch Per Inch:  body 8, binding 4

Batting Type: Cotton/Poly Unknown brand

Binding: pre-purchased
Fabric: Scraps from lots of different places, lots of different sources.

The 1980s are calling...

A taste of things to come.

It's pink (and black), boldly so.  I did this quilt for a friend in her favourite colours.  I went with the braid design for several reasons.  One she usually wears her hair in a braid and two, it looks sooooo cool with these colours.  I started gathering pinks and black material throughout my travels, a yard here, a half yard there, a fat quarter, whatever caught my eye or tickled my fancy.

Whole shootin' match.

Kinda tacky, definitely unique, this quilt was a fun one to make.  I actually combined brick and braid in the design of this one.  I used the brick as the middle sashing to flesh it out a little.  It adds some more visual interest to an already burgeoning visual palate, but when you are going to go bold, go all the way!  

It was cut and pieced in late 2009 but finished in approximately February of 2010.  I used a bed sheet for the batting as we decided to go with a summer quilt weight.  Sheets make for interesting batting.  My preference is still the Warm & Natural Cotton, but I've done: fleece, poly, poly cotton, and now a bed sheet as my quilt innards...whatever works - right?!

Close up of the backing fabric

The little doggie prints and hearts are in honour of my friend's late little Chinese Crested, Bria.  She was a wonderful dog and left paw prints on the hearts of everyone who knew and loved her.  This backing fabric couldn't have been more appropriate as it all turned out.  

I will probably do more of this design as I like both brick and braid and the scrappier the better.  LOVES me a funky scrap quilt!

Peach Out Apricots,
Morg